Jonglei is one of the 10 states of South Sudan. Jonglei is the largest state in the Republic of South Sudan, with approximately 122,479 km2, as well as the most populous according to the controversial 2008 census conducted during present-day South Sudan's second period of autonomy. Bor is the capital of the state. The current governor of Jonglei State is Kuol Manyang Juuk. Jonglei seceded from Sudan as part of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011.
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It is the area of origin of the Second Sudanese Civil War that began in 1983.[citation needed] Jonglei is suffering from tribal infighting. South Sudanese and ~400 UN Peacekeepers have been dispatched to try to defuse the situation. The Murle and Nuer tribes are fighting over cattle.[1]
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Jonglei State is divided into 11 counties: Twic East County, Duk County, Bor County, Akobo County, Nyirol County, Uror County, Pibor County, Pochalla County, Ayod County, Pigi County and Fangak County. Each county is headed by a Commissioner appointed by the President of South Sudan in conjunction with State Governor as per request of the local population. Jonglei State is inhabited by six tribes namely the Murle, Jieng (Dinka), Nuer (Naath), Anyuak, Jie and the Kachipo at the border of Ethiopia in the East of Boma. Jonglei State is bordered by Ethiopia in the East, Eastern Equatoria at the South East and Central Equatoria at the South, Lake state to the south west,unity state to west and uppernile state to the North. For many years, Jonglei State had been the centre of politics backdated to the failed project of the Jonglei Canal and the Mutiny of the Anyanya 2 in 1975 and again in 1983.
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